Human rights
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Editorial: Jamal al-Harith, previously held at Guantánamo Bay, has blown himself up for Islamic State. But his case cannot justify the expansion of such detention and use of torture
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Highest UK court backs £18,600 threshold but acknowleges the rule has caused hardship for thousands
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Human rights organisation criticises government for refusal to condemn Trump, treatment of refugees and reported abuses of Indigenous children in detention
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Bill passes with amendment that means assets such as London property can be seized from people who offended overseas
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Wednesday’s ruling will determine legality of £18,600 minimum income threshold for non-EU spouses to live in UK
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Pressure on Theresa May to explain legal guarantees after Britain has left the EU
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David Hill: Francis echoes growing body of international law and standards on the right to ‘prior and informed consent’
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'We need leadership – quickly': first-year students on the biggest issue facing Australia
Philippa Adler, Jasper Lindell, Annie Marsh, Sarkis Gattas, Zoe Turner, Philip Brooks and Max KoslowskiUndergraduates beginning their degree courses this week say what they think is the country’s most important priority -
British banks are go-betweens in global conflict. This can be stopped
George Clooney and John PrendergastHigh-level corruption and illicit trade in natural resources depend on banks across the EU. Putting financial pressure on them can help save lives -
LGBT change There are reasons to be cheerful ... LGBTI rights gains in unlikely countries
Peter TatchellIraq, Tunisia and Lebanon have recently made progressive steps forward in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex human rights
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Video evidence of executions and torture stokes Sunni-Shia tension as troops launch final push to retake city from Isis
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President calls media ‘the enemy of the American people’, as Global Times says Trump denying himself an ally on ‘ideological’ issues
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Complaint against students dragged on because it was expected to be settled, commission president tells inquiry
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Council ordered to pay £11,250 after removing week-old baby over father’s ‘unorthodox views’ about benefits of formula milk
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International media is dominated by the Trump administration, but those of us outside the US need an outlook that really reflects today’s global realities
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Timber tycoons are collaborating with Cambodian officials to strip Prey Lang forest. John Vidal meets the activists risking their lives to stop deforestation
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Special rapporteur for Myanmar to push for resolution at UN human rights council meeting next month for investigation into reports of military atrocities
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Report details use of torture by Chinese security agencies – including beatings, stress positions and sleep deprivation – to force activists to confess ‘crimes’
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Latest skirmish in conflict with hostile neighbour will threaten domestic book trade, say leading figures from the industry
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US advocacy organisation’s membership has doubled and it has received donations of nearly $80m since president was elected
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You may never have heard of it, but Australia’s decision to ratify this treaty could be its single most positive step in improving life for prisoners
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More than 125,000 people have been sacked on suspicion of links to a dissident cleric. Two teachers and a law student describe how this has affected them
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A negative outcome arises when young people who need counselling and support are instead locked up for 23 hours a day
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Letters: I personally know at least five families who would take a child. I would take one myself rather than let them rot in camps around Europe
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Defence secretary ‘pressured’ regulator to bring misconduct charges against Leigh Day over Iraqi torture claims, says QC
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Turkey needs a moderating friend in Brexiting Britain
Ibrahim DogusIbrahim Dogus
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Four men who preyed on teenage girls may have British citizenship revoked after losing legal appeal
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Oscar, who has fought for alcohol restrictions and for the preservation of ancient languages, will replace Mick Gooda
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Editorial: As many as 13,000 opponents of Bashar al-Assad were secretly hanged in Saydnaya prison, according to Amnesty International. Evidence of the regime’s viciousness continues to mount
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UK fails to apply environmental law on air quality, water standards, and the conservation of several species, EU review reveals
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Editorial: The lawyer betrayed the soldiers who faced fake charges. He betrayed the law. But human rights has never mattered more
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